Category Archives: Health
Fallen tech star Elizabeth Holmes prepares to go on trial
Jury selection in the fraud trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes began Tuesday, casting a spotlight on the fallen Silicon Valley star now facing felony charges alleging she duped elite financial backers, customers and patients into believing that...
Missouri Supreme Court declines to halt Johnson execution
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to halt the October execution of a man convicted of a triple killing who claimed his intellectual disability made him ineligible for the death penalty.
U.S. warning about travel to Canada mainly for benefit of unvaccinated, CDC head says
WASHINGTON — The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. told Americans to "reconsider travel" to Canada mainly for the benefit of those not yet vaccinated against COVID-19. Dr. Rochelle Walensky says State Department trav...
B.C.’s top doctor says get vaccinated to protect children as school starts
VICTORIA — British Columbia's top doctor is encouraging everyone connected with children under 12 to get vaccinated as the school year begins next week as the latest modelling suggests COVID-19 cases are expected to rise by the end of September. Dr.
COVID recession pushed Social Security insolvency up a year
WASHINGTON (AP) — The sharp shock of the coronavirus recession pushed Social Security a year closer to insolvency but left Medicare’s exhaustion date unchanged, the government reported Tuesday in a counterintuitive assessment that deepens the uncertain...
Census: Childless older women better off than older men
Older adults who are childless in the U.S. are more likely to be college educated, working and white than those with children, and their numbers are growing.
Texas Legislature sends sweeping GOP voting bill to governor
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The GOP-controlled Texas Legislature passed a broad overhaul of the state’s election laws Tuesday, tightening already strict voting rules and dealing a bruising defeat to Democrats who waged a monthslong fight over what they argued...
Mississippi Sen. Wicker says he has recovered from COVID-19
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi said Tuesday that he is feeling well, less than two weeks after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
New Brunswick reports three new COVID-19 cases, 26 more recoveries from the disease
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is reporting three new COVID-19 cases today and 26 more recoveries from the disease. Health officials say the active case count is 137, down from 160 on Monday. Officials say there are three people in hospital with COVID-19,...
Israel watchdog criticizes Netanyahu’s handling of pandemic
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s official government watchdog on Tuesday criticized former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the coronavirus crisis, finding shortcomings in his administration's decision making and a failure to implement safety r...
